Village, townships seeking levies

Published: October 12, 2009 4:00 AM

Officials in Hanover and Sullivan townships and Jeromesville are asking voters to support local services.

In Hanover Township, voters will consider a 1.2-mill, five-year levy renewal to support fire services provided by the Loudonville and Perrysville-Green fire departments.

The long-standing levy would generate $17,825 a year and cost $15.52 a year per $100,000 property valuation.

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Sullivan Township residents are being asked to support a 2.0-mill, five-year additional tax levy.

Levy funds would go into the township general fund. In effect, the levy would replace two 1.0-mill fire levies that will expire at the end of the year. However, the funds from the 2.0-mill levy would not be earmarked for fire department use.

The funds can be used for expenses such as road and cemetery maintenance and the fire department, although Jenkins indicated the village would continue to look into funding the fire department through grants.

The 2.0-mill levy would generate $87,286 a year at a cost of $61.25 per $100,000 valuation.

Jeromesville voters will consider two five-year levy renewals, one for 0.5 mill and one for 0.8 mill.

Voters rejected an attempt in May to combine them into a 1.3-mill levy.

Funds collected from the levies -- $1,750 a year for the 0.5-mill levy and $2,662 from the 0.8 mill levy -- would be used toward the electric bill for street lighting, according to fiscal officer Karol A. Lapp.

The 0.5-mill levy would cost $6.88 a year per $100,000 valuation. The 0.8-mill levy would cost $9.35.

n Irv Oslin can be reached at 419-281-0581 ext. 240 or at ioslin@ times-gazette.com.